The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-03-20

-Orlglnallty must be inherent IN the
Huber family, and the latest evidence of it
lies in the following event in which the re-
doubtsble Frank Huber's niece and nephew
were the principal actors.
Florence-(decked in her brother Willie's
skating cap and mittens). "Papa may
go out"
Parent" Yes, but the wind will blow
you away up in the sky"
Willie" And when you get up there,
Florie, please tell God to fling my skatin
cap and mittens down to me-"
Governor Green has the appointment,
with the consent of the Senate, of three
members of the State Board of Assessors,
successor to Alexander Cattell, sue
cessor to Mr.. Reynolds and one vacancy
The candidates for the places are Assembly,
man Robert s. Hudspeth, Ex-senator Pax
ton, Willard G. Fisk and Expert Accountant
Richard + Stevens, of Bergen Point, and of
course the two incumbents want to be re-
appointed. A conumdrum-who will be
the lucky ones? 1t is sale by some men,
who should be able to judge. that neither
Cattell, whose term expires by Limitation,
nor Reynolds, who is hold over, because
of the Senates refusal to confirm Jim
Connolly lastYyear, viii be re-appointed.
The true inwardness ofthe story of the
suit brought by ex-Assemblyman Kennel
against John A. Hall is something like
ifthis: Hall employed Kennel for $500 to
| perform certain work for the Staten Is
land Bridge bill for the Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad. He also made similar
contracts with four other professional
lobbyists, ageeing to pay them similar
amounts. Kennel did his work satisfac-
torily, but the others did not Hall, 1t is
said, received the money to pay all the
mes, but he tried to compromise for de-
minished sums with his subordinate work
ers other than Kennel All five stood
together, however, and resolved to fight
for the full amount promised. Now Ken
nell theatens to expose next Thursday all
of the correspondence between himself
and Hall and to call some of the members
of last years Legislature to the witness
stand. John A. Hall is the son of a Meth
odist clergyman. He can i'll afford the
exposure, and if the case comes to trial
next Thursday there will be some rich de-
velopments .-Nepare Neos.
1T is rumored that next week the Gov
ernor will appoint Chief Justice Bessly
Chancellor, Justice Van Syckel Chief
Justice, and Judge Kirkpatrick to the
Supreme Court bench. The friends of
Chancellor Runyon certainly have grave
doubt of his re- appointment, while his
opponents are certain that he Y. IL be re-
tired The other Guberpatorial appoint
mens to be made before the Legislature
adiourns are a Secretary of State, to
succeed Mr. Kelsey; Riparian Commits
soners, in place of AMI Dodd and John
Carpenter, Jr (the latter will be rejected
by the Senate); three members of The State
Board of Assessors, 10 place of Alexander
G. Cattell, Abraham Reynolds and Charles
H, O'Neil (the latter resigned last Sum
mer) three Trustees of the New jersey
School for Deaf Mutes; one member of
the State Council of Charities and Correct
ions; Law Judge for Camden, vice Wes-
colt, rejected Prosecutor of the Pleas
for Monmouth county in place of Charles
Haieht, and Lay Judge for each of the
following counties: Hudson, vice John
Brinkerhoff: Middlesex, vice Charles S.
Scott Monmouth. vice Charles A. Ben
nett S.; Somerset, vice Charles NJ.
Jamisor and Union, vice Louis. S. Hyer.
Neao0rlc Advertiser.
From the annual report eff the Morris
Plains Asylum Commissioners, sent to US
by Warden Munroe, it is learned that there
are now 1923 patients in that monster State
institution. During the last year the ad-
missions were SO men and LOG women.
Discharged during the year were 1872 per-
sons, including 5 inebriates and opium
eaters. Sixty of them were discharged by
death Forty persons were discharged as
recovered. Among those admitted were
bank cashier, 3 civil engineers, physician,
6 school children-3 boys, girls The
largest proportion Of the males admitted
were laborers, 10; and of the females do
mestics, IA, and 'shouse-wora" women, %
Six had been out of their heads for twenty
years before getting into the asylum. Six
women and men went there because of
domestic troubles; 3women and men be-
cause of a crooked turn in fortune;
women and men because of over-work; 3
women and man on account of love af-
fairs, and women were frightened out of
their wits. Twenty-Five were admitted for
the second, for the third, and l for the
ninth time. Medical Director Booth OBJ
serves III assigning the causes of insanity.
that malaria Sin many instances may very
reasonably assigned as the cause of insan-
ity, and his analysis of the tables conyinces
himthat men are more likelyto inherit insan-
ity from their paternal and women from
their material ancestors.
We notice that in debate in the AS
sembly the other day over the bill to en-
able the court to make the Martin Act OPP
erative in this city, Mr.. Tumulty stated
that only one paper in the city opposed
the acceptance f the bill; and that the ed
itor of that paper had said that he had
made the opposition to oblige City Clerk
Scott and City Collector Love The SUN
DAY MORNING NEWS is the one paper that
showed that the Martin Act could not but
operate injuriously in this city. We do
not remember TO have said at any time that
we had attacked it to oblige City Clerk
Scott or City Collector Love. If we did say
so at any time, we lied. That's all there is
about it. For neither the City Clerk nor
the City Collector ever advised us as to the
course we should pursue in the matter
The City Collector did, however, point out
to US, and through us to the public, special
reaso IS why the bill should not be accepted